Genghis Con XXXIV Sunday Morning DCC
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:45 pm
So, it was another first for me. Not only did I die as usual in one of Harley Stroh's games, my PC died twice.
I was playing a Demonologist (Chaotic) who had heard of a secret ritual of great power. I teamed up with a Cleric (Lawful) to find the place where the ritual was taking place. The Cleric wanted to stop the ritual, I wanted to gain from it. So, we hired several Warriors and Thieves to help us. Naturally we were both aware that we were working across purposes. When we got to the place of the ritual I helped complete the ritual by completing a stack of dolls before an altar. The dolls were made to look like the party. When I revealed my plans to the rest of the party, they took offense at my "treachery" and killed me. They dumped my body into a pit where the effects of the ritual were taking place. Somehow this managed to resurrect me and removed my taint. It also gave me a bit of temporary amnesia. Thus restored to an impressionable state, the rest of the party fought valiantly to protect me from invading Chaos and also tried to convince me to turn to the side of Law. However, the forces of Chaos managed to lure me away and remind me of my past ways. When the party showed up to rescue me, I turned on them and after managing to kill three of them was slain again.
This is the third time in Con games that Harley has let me play what really amounts to an NPC. The characters drove the plot, and I (for the second time) ended up being the BBEG at the end. I really had a blast and the fight at the end was thrilling.
It has been a while (almost a year) since I last played in a game run by Harley. I really enjoy his games, and hope to be able to sit in on a few more of his games this year.
Thanks Harley. I hope the rest of the players had as much fun as I did.
I was playing a Demonologist (Chaotic) who had heard of a secret ritual of great power. I teamed up with a Cleric (Lawful) to find the place where the ritual was taking place. The Cleric wanted to stop the ritual, I wanted to gain from it. So, we hired several Warriors and Thieves to help us. Naturally we were both aware that we were working across purposes. When we got to the place of the ritual I helped complete the ritual by completing a stack of dolls before an altar. The dolls were made to look like the party. When I revealed my plans to the rest of the party, they took offense at my "treachery" and killed me. They dumped my body into a pit where the effects of the ritual were taking place. Somehow this managed to resurrect me and removed my taint. It also gave me a bit of temporary amnesia. Thus restored to an impressionable state, the rest of the party fought valiantly to protect me from invading Chaos and also tried to convince me to turn to the side of Law. However, the forces of Chaos managed to lure me away and remind me of my past ways. When the party showed up to rescue me, I turned on them and after managing to kill three of them was slain again.
This is the third time in Con games that Harley has let me play what really amounts to an NPC. The characters drove the plot, and I (for the second time) ended up being the BBEG at the end. I really had a blast and the fight at the end was thrilling.
It has been a while (almost a year) since I last played in a game run by Harley. I really enjoy his games, and hope to be able to sit in on a few more of his games this year.
Thanks Harley. I hope the rest of the players had as much fun as I did.